THE SEA THE FACTS

LIVING SEA

Up to 10 million species live in coastal waters.

17,000 species thrive in the dark deep sea.

38,000 different kinds of microbes exist in 1 litre of seawater.1

25% of the ocean’s inhabitants are directly dependent on coral reefs.2

But warming seas have bleached to death 50% of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef since 2016.3

are dependent on